Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-08
State News.
CUMBERLAND.

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new steamer for the Fseeport route 10
being built at South Freeport. II will be
sixty three feet long and have excellent cabin
accommodations.
The coroner's jury in the case of the death
Of Mrs Jensan, at Portland, alleged to have
died BY malpractice at the hands OF DR.. u
o. Files, after hearing the testimony, FRIDAY
morning announced themselves unable to
agree and were discharged. This will have
no bearing on the charge against Files, which
will be brought before the court in the ordi-
nary way later on.
PENOBscor.
A letter was received ia Bangor, Thursday,
from Haverhill, Mass, shoe manufacturing
firm, asking what inducements and facilities
Bangor could offer them to locate there. A
Bangor manufacturer is now corresponding
with them in regard to the matter.
PIsCATAoUIs.
The Free Baptist society of Dover and
Foxcroft have decided to remodel their church
early in the spring, at an estimated cost OF
50 600 The plan includes raising the root,
a new front with tower &c feet high, furn-
aces. memorial window and many other i'm
proyements.
SOMERSET.
CANAAN. Our correspondent writes,
March John Nickerson is again In town
dealing his sledge hammer blows against the
second Advents or rather against that portion
of the Advent section who predict the second
coming of Christ. John is in that condition
of transition from his old brethren and their
gospel creed that it is difficult to define his
position, but the issue has become so we'll de-
fined that he was expelled and excommuni-
Gated from the Advent church at their recent
Il rvtN f0a fhn M q
being at least Rev. Ora NJ. Chase ordained
in the Christian denomination, is persistent
preacher of the Advent faith with all its
ERRONEOUS dogmas and is now holding interest
ing meetings in Canaan village. But Nick
erson is a young giant in Bible learning and
logic aud eloquence and Chase don't care to
meet him, and in fact, for the present, has
abandoned the field of doctrine.-There is
much anxiety of late in the public mind be-
cause the pluera pneumonia has broken out
at Augusta In our legislature and many are
afraid lest Walton's wood-chucks and suckers
may catch the disorder and communicate the
came to the human family ALL are waiting
for the charter of the Waldo and Somerset
Railroad and the public mouth like that Of
young spring robins is wide open, ready to
swallow any news purpcrting to come from
Augusta about our proposed railroad.
George Goodwin Post, G. A. r., will be in
stituted at St. Adams, March 10. A delega-
ton from II. +. Stafford Post of Dexter and
Relief Corps will be present to participate in
the exercises.
H. W. Bowley, who moved to Dexter
from St. Adams a short time since, has been
arrested by Deputy U. S. Marshal Andrews
for selling liquor in ST. Adams without a
| license. He was committed in default of
bail and his family is meanwhile in a dssti-
| tute condition.
YORK.
| Joseph Wentworth, proprietor of grocery
store, in Lebanon, was taken before the
police court at Rochester, N. H., Monday,
charged with disturbing religious services at
East Rochester. After 1djudged guilty
numerous citizens offered to bail him, but
Wentworth refused. claiming he was in the
hands of the Lord, and if he had broken laws
he should suffer the penalty. At his request
he was taken to Jail. The affair created
great excitement.